by our College Data Analytics TeamHere’s the full picture on paying for Institute of Culinary Education, spanning what it costs to attend, projected costs over a degree, net price, debt outcomes, and aid equity.
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The median graduating debt at Institute of Culinary Education comes to $3,972.00, categorized as a Very Low (<$10k) burden tier.
The full distribution of debt at graduation looks like this:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,728.00 |
| 25th | $3,972.00 |
| Median (50th) | $3,972.00 |
| 75th | $6,861.00 |
| 90th | $6,861.00 |
The 10th-to-90th-percentile spread is one signal of how variable debt outcomes are across the student body.
For the full borrowing and repayment picture, see the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Student debt at graduation is not evenly distributed across income levels. Below the data splits borrowers across three income groups:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $6,439.00 |
| Middle income | $3,972.00 |
| High income | $3,924.00 |
On average, low-income graduates leave with $2,515.00 in additional median debt versus high-income graduates.
First-gen students typically face different financial-aid contexts than students whose parents attended college.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $4,426.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $3,972.00 |
First-generation graduates of Institute of Culinary Education take on $454.00 more median debt than continuing-generation peers.
The Pell Grant is the main federal need-based award for undergraduates. Contrasting Pell and non-Pell borrowers shows how need shapes debt.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Institute of Culinary Education works out to $-589.00.
The Department of Education default-rate tier for Institute of Culinary Education is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 3.8% |
To put the rates in context, Stafford loans at Institute of Culinary Education total $13,157,097.00 over 2,784 borrowers.
Veteran and active-military students often access dedicated federal aid programs including the GI Bill and Tuition Assistance from the Department of Defense.
| GI Bill recipients | 82 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $15,497.00 |
Explore GI Bill and military aid in detail on the college veterans page.
Use the figures above as a launch point, then think through Institute of Culinary Education, a few questions are worth asking:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.